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Company description
UNIVERSITY OF KENT is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Royal Charter Company”. Incorporated on 1 January 1981; registered for 45 years. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 28 trade marks, 25 procurement records.
This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- UNIVERSITY OF KENT
- Company number
- RC000656
- Company type
- Royal Charter Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- NO ACCOUNTS FILED
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
Not suppliedNext accounts due
Not suppliedLast statement made up to
Not suppliedNext statement due
15 January 2017BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 41.5%
- Women receiving bonus
- 1.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 1.2%
- Women in top quartile
- 47.3%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 57.8%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 63.8%
- Women in lower quartile
- 62.6%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499911.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499914.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499912.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499912.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49998.2% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499913.7% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99913.7% median hourly gap
- Not Provided9.8% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
University of Kent - Economist Level 6 Apprenticeship
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · ocds-b5fd17-2c587821-1c1e-40d1-b1ed-d0e46e80baff
- Supplier named in award
- The University Of Kent
- Award value
- £21,850
- Contract period
- 1 September 2025 – 28 September 2029
- Published
- 2 June 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 80530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-2c587821-1c1e-40d1-b1ed-d0e46e80baff-2026-06-02T09:46:08+01:00
Step Up to Social Care
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-bc9ef04a-7ef9-4f6b-a029-b55f4853e692
- Supplier named in award
- The University Of Kent
- Award value
- £231,462
- Contract period
- 1 January 2026 – 1 March 2027
- Published
- 10 June 2025
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award under special clause with the previous step up to social care contract due to the importance of con
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bc9ef04a-7ef9-4f6b-a029-b55f4853e692-2025-06-10T09:22:50+01:00
Step Up to Social Care
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-db7e884f-c90d-44fe-b9f8-32ce26f80844
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSITY OF KENT
- Award value
- £207,000
- Contract period
- 1 January 2024 – 1 March 2025
- Published
- 28 July 2023
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-db7e884f-c90d-44fe-b9f8-32ce26f80844-2023-07-28T13:11:33+01:00
ACC6036865 - Embedded Rust for Morello in Defence Applications
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ocds-b5fd17-855276e5-1d50-4c31-9aad-494f2d78e995
- Supplier named in award
- The University Of Kent
- Award value
- £87,763.05
- Contract period
- 1 March 2023 – 31 January 2024
- Published
- 2 March 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-855276e5-1d50-4c31-9aad-494f2d78e995-2023-03-02T14:53:19Z
ACC6035619 - Engineering Biology
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ocds-b5fd17-cae8ca77-7fd7-4827-bd31-e82b83f43aea
- Supplier named in award
- University of Kent
- Award value
- £127,997.66
- Contract period
- 19 December 2022 – 19 December 2023
- Published
- 28 February 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-cae8ca77-7fd7-4827-bd31-e82b83f43aea-2023-02-28T10:57:18Z
Apprenticeship Delivery Services: Professional Economist, level 6, Scheme
BANK OF ENGLAND · ocds-b5fd17-79ae1c42-2a76-43e3-804a-cebee9f32a0b
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSITY OF KENT
- Award value
- £1,380,000
- Contract period
- 1 August 2022 – 31 July 2030
- Published
- 9 August 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 80400000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-79ae1c42-2a76-43e3-804a-cebee9f32a0b-2022-08-09T12:30:55+01:00
Government Economic Service Degree Apprenticeship Programme (GES-DAP)
Defra Network eTendering Portal · ocds-b5fd17-20aedf7c-100e-4d80-9da5-ef7839bda508
- Supplier named in award
- University of Kent
- Award value
- £131,100
- Contract period
- 1 September 2021 – 31 August 2024
- Published
- 10 March 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-20aedf7c-100e-4d80-9da5-ef7839bda508-2022-03-10T11:06:16Z
University of Kent Degree Apprenticeship
Department For Culture Media & Sport · ocds-b5fd17-12b9be3a-5afb-446a-9b11-ccb503038bd8
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSITY OF KENT
- Award value
- £87,400
- Contract period
- 2 September 2021 – 31 August 2022
- Published
- 15 November 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-12b9be3a-5afb-446a-9b11-ccb503038bd8-2021-11-15T15:44:47Z
GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC SERVICE PROFESSIONAL ECONOMIST APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING
DfTc - Department for Transport · ocds-b5fd17-61eab4bb-8610-4041-baea-9b64c01f087d
- Supplier named in award
- University of Kent
- Award value
- £46,000
- Contract period
- 1 September 2021 – 31 August 2022
- Published
- 8 July 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 80500000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-61eab4bb-8610-4041-baea-9b64c01f087d-2021-07-08T16:23:07+01:00
FS303019 - Understanding Consumer Values
Food Standards Agency · ocds-b5fd17-e8ad4355-055b-4847-a3af-2a432fcfcb4e
- Supplier named in award
- UNIVERSITY OF KENT
- Award value
- £41,575
- Contract period
- 1 October 2018 – 31 March 2019
- Published
- 7 November 2018
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73300000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e8ad4355-055b-4847-a3af-2a432fcfcb4e-2018-11-07T10:57:00Z
Professional Economist Integrated Degree Apprenticeship
Crown Commercial Service · ocds-b5fd17-10cca4d2-c18d-4af5-8cc6-ad387a237204
- Supplier named in award
- The University Of Kent
- Award value
- £10,000,000
- Contract period
- 12 September 2018 – 11 September 2020
- Published
- 10 October 2018
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 75100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-10cca4d2-c18d-4af5-8cc6-ad387a237204-2018-10-10T10:37:31+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
EMPLOYABILITY POINTS ep
Owner University of Kent · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 11 January 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 January 2022
ICE INNOVATION CREATIVITY ENTERPRISE
Owner University of Kent · classes 35,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 11 January 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 January 2022
University of Kent at Canterbury
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 3 August 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 August 2021
University of Kent at Medway
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 3 August 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 August 2021
University of Kent The UK's European university
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 19 July 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 July 2020
Language Express
Owner University of Kent · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 7 July 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 July 2020
Kent Hospitality
Owner University of Kent · classes 41,43
- Filed / designated
- 26 May 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 May 2020
University of Kent The UK's European University
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 26 May 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 May 2020
University of Kent The UK's European university
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 26 May 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 May 2020
University of Kent
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 28 February 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 February 2028
KentEnterprise UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Owner University of Kent · classes 35,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 8 April 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 April 2026
Canterbury Business School
Owner University of Kent · classes 35,41
- Filed / designated
- 20 May 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 May 2024
UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT TONBRIDGE
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 22 August 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 August 2023
KENT UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT TONBRIDGE
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 22 August 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 August 2023
UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 22 August 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 August 2023
KENT UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 22 July 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 July 2023
UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 22 July 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 July 2023
TIZARD
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 22 July 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 July 2023
summer ACADEMY
Owner University of Kent · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 26 June 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 June 2019
SUMMER ACADEMY
Owner University of Kent · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 26 June 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 June 2019
UNIKENT
Owner University of Kent · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 2 March 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 March 2019
UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY
Owner University of Kent · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 2 March 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 March 2019
UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Owner University of Kent · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 2 March 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 March 2019
Kent Business School
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 29 August 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
Kent Business School
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 29 August 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT MEDWAY
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 7 August 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 August 2011
UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT MEDWAY
Owner University of Kent · classes 9,16,35,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 7 August 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 August 2011
TIS'ARD
Owner University of Kent · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 28 April 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 April 2005
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No PSC entry for this company was present in the imported snapshot.
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
06 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
07 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
08 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Social Researcher L6 Apprenticeship
Portsmouth City Council · updated 10 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Y5 accommodation
MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · updated 20 November 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
YR3 Accommodation
MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · updated 20 November 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Professional Economist Apprenticeships - University of Kent
West Northamptonshire Council · updated 31 October 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Mobile Phone Provision
The University Of Kent · updated 29 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Gym Equipment
The University Of Kent · updated 15 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Supply of Books and e-Books
The University Of Kent · updated 14 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Audio Visual: System Design/Consultancy, Supplies, Installation and Maintenance
The University Of Kent · updated 14 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Giles Lane Student Accommodation Project
UNIVERSITY OF KENT · updated 2 August 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Giles Lane Student Accommodation Project
UNIVERSITY OF KENT · updated 7 June 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 2
Provision of Simulated Patient Services for Kent and Medway Medical School
UNIVERSITY OF KENT · updated 31 May 2023
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Laundry Services
UNIVERSITY OF KENT · updated 29 March 2023
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 0
Specialist Forensics Ballistics Container Unit
UNIVERSITY OF KENT · updated 29 March 2023
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 2
Kent International College
UNIVERSITY OF KENT · updated 22 March 2023
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
10 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
No SIC code was supplied in this bulk record.
12 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
14 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
13 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.